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“It’s a miracle”: Hep C eradicated in prisons thanks to DAAs

By Mardi Chapman

11 Apr 2018

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Near-elimination of the hepatitis C virus in a prison population in North Queensland has occurred in less than two years since direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy became available on the PBS. And it has been achieved without a controversial needle and syringe program (NSP). According to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases, HCV prevalence in Lotus ...

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